ABU DHABI // Parents of pupils who attended Twenty First Century Private Academy are being advised to seek assistance from the Philippines embassy, to help recoup money paid in advance towards tuition fees to the school’s previous operator.
An embassy official said parents “should ask the embassy for advice and assistance” in their case against American Companies Management Group and its subsidiary, Universal Future Education, which had its licence revoked by Abu Dhabi Education Council.
“They will have to initiate it, not us, because they are the affected parties,” the official said.
“When they come to us, we might request a lawyer from the Philippines. The embassy will be able to assist in any way legally possible, within its capacities.”
When registering their children at The Philippine Global School, parents are being asked to bring receipts for payments made to the old operator.
The parents said they were also told a lawsuit would be filed on their behalf. A O said: “It cost us a lot of sleepless nights, but now we can see that they’re doing their best and they will help us to solve everything.”
The new operator said it would “file a complaint with the help of our embassy and hopefully we will get a refund after that”.
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